Fat Mavericks Boot Butter is made from all natural ingredients and always free of petroleum, paraffin, and chemicals. Our all purpose waterproofing treatment is used to protect and condition all types of leather. Made from a blend of beeswax, butters, and oils to naturally repel water, while nourishing the leather and protecting it from staining. Our leather Boot Butter actually helps preserve and re-nourish the leather to make it last much long than products that use chemical and petroleum in their products. These chemicals and petroleum based products actually reduce the lifetime of the leather and lessens its ability to stay soft, it will make the leather crack and become more brittle over the life of the boot. We want to treat...
All The New England Girls | Shelby York Barnhart & Fat Maverick's I call myself The New England Girl. It's not only my business name but my identity. The truth though; I know a handful of real "New England Girls" that deserve the title just as much as I do. Shelby Barnhart is one of them. Not only is Shelby an amazing welder and metal fabricator, but a real innovator and entrepreneur. Her new brand, Fat Maverick's offer's USA handmade products for any true outdoorsmen. Currently Fat Maverick's retails handmade boot butter and tartan dog collars, in the future they hope to manufacture more items including clothing and a larger pet line. Below, is an example of...
The McLean Game Refuge is a 4,400 acres nature preserve with the majority of the land being in the town of Granby, with smaller sections of land on the Granby border in Simsbury and Canton, Connecticut. This is one of our favorite hiking spots, and its close to home. If you're in southern New England be sure to check this spot out, they even have specific trails for horse back riding! Today Jesse and I took our two dogs, my brothers girlfriend and their dog on a great hike around the pond at the Canton Rd entrance in Granby, CT. After the recent snowfall the landscape was gorgeous and great for everyone to explore. All three dogs had a great time swimming in...
The man behind the legend, Maverick is large Black Lab Mix that we rescued when he was two years old. Full of love and energy this guy has a longing for adventures in the woods, at the beaches, rivers or anything that New England has to offer him, including evening cuddles with his family by the wood stove. Maverick enjoys lounging on his bed in the barn while we work on projects, or napping in the grass at the brook after a long day of chasing minnows and crayfish. Maverick is the most gentle soul we have ever met, but he is strong, determined, and resilient. Being diagnosed with a degenerative back disease and bad knees at age 4 was heart breaking. He has...
